Abstract
This study characterized socio-contextual predictors for future diabetes risk, showing sex-specific effects. Diabetes prevention must consider factors beyond individual-level behavioral lifestyle change and actively take steps to mitigate the adverse impacts of socio-contextual factors.
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- Year
- 2015
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 101-101
- Citations
- 44
- Access
- Closed
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- 10.1186/s12939-015-0245-0